Pieces: In My Own Voice
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“Pieces” partners with MPS
We are excited to announce that “Pieces” has partnered with the Milwaukee Public School district to create a Jr. company made up of Milwaukee’s youth to tour the public schools in the city. The cast for this production was carefully chosen through an audition process conducted by our Writer/Director Brenda Wesley. With mental health issues …
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About NAMI-National Alliance on Mental Illness
Our Mission: NAMI Greater Milwaukee is a community-based, self-help, support, education and advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of those with mental illness, their families and those touched by mental illness. Our History: On February 26, 1979, Mrs. Roz Libman along with a small group of Milwaukee area families formed the Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Greater Milwaukee, …
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The “Pieces: In My Own Voice Project”
The Pieces:In My Own Voice Project is an effort to encourage those who are battling mental illness to step out of the darkness and help us drive down the stigma and negativity that has kept these illnesses in the dark for so long. To join us, upload your video to youtube.com or any other video hosting site …
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L.A. Times writes about Schizophrenia in the African American Population
Here is an article from the L.A. Times: Race And Mental Illness: Do African Americans Suffer More Schizophrenia Or Is It Bias? By Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times February 7, 2012 Black Americans are far more likely than their white countrymen to be labeled schizophrenic, one of psychiatry‘s most serious and intractable diagnoses. But a …
